About APEX Ventures
APEX Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Vienna, Austria. As of Apr 2025, APEX Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 49 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Germany based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and HealthTech. Most recently it led the $22.1M Series A round of TriLite Tech along with B&C Group. This round also saw participation from TEC Ventures.
Overall, APEX Ventures portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions including key companies like has to be, Haawk and TOKENY. A lot of funds co-invest with APEX Ventures, with names like HTGF sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
APEX Ventures has team of 21 people including 5 partners.
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APEX Ventures' List of Top Investments
APEX Ventures has a portfolio of 49 companies. Their most notable investments are in contextflow and DeepSpin.Their portfolio spans across Germany, Austria, United KingdomÌý²¹²Ô»å 6 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, HealthTechÌý²¹²Ô»å 21 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A Ìý²¹²Ô»å 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by APEX Ventures:1.
Provider of scalable quantum computers using lasers. It provides users with a compamny that uses the quantised motion of laser-cooled trapped ions or charged atomic particles as their physical support for Universal Quantum computers. Its features include quantum information, qubits scaling, and laser pulses.
Key facts about planqc
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Garching (Germany)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $59M
- Investors: , Amadeus Capital and
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jul 08, 2024
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Provider of an e-mobility platform and charging station management solutions. Its features include automated billing, fleet charging as a service for companies, access to charging infrastructure, management, monitoring, and diagnosis of charging stations. It caters to companies, charging networks, and logistics sectors.
Key facts about has to be
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Radstadt (Austria)
- Stage: Acquired
- Investors: Volkswagen Group, and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 31, 2019
- Highlight: Acquired

3. Quibim
Developer of AI-based imaging biomarkers for clinical care, research, and drug development. It offers AI-powered medical imaging software that transforms MRI, CT, and PET scans into quantitative biomarkers for prediction of outcomes in multiple disease areas. It has QP-Brain r neurological disorder assessment, QP-Prostate an AI-driven prostate MRI tool, and QP-Liver for diagnosis of diffuse liver disease, and QP‑Insights which is a cloud-based platform that indexes, stores imaging and multi‑omics/EHR data, enabling large-scale radiomics research.
Key facts about Quibim
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Valencia (Spain)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $60M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: , Amadeus Capital and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 28, 2025, $50.2M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Provider of AI and satellite imagery-based wildfire detection and mapping solutions. It uses a thermal-infrared camera to measure the temperature and AI-based algorithms to automatically detect wildfires. It transmits the details of wildfires via a satellite relay communication system and also offers solutions for risk assessment, real-time monitoring, and damage analysis.
Key facts about OroraTech
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Munich (Germany)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $91.3M
- Employee Count: 83 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: BNP Paribas Asset Management, and
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 15, 2025, $41.4M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Provider of mobile product authentication solutions. Its solutions include brand protection, banking, license, tax compiance, and more.
Key facts about Authentic Vision
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Salzburg (Austria)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $11M
- Investors: Dolby Family Ventures, and
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Feb 06, 2023, $5.99M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
APEX Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
APEX Ventures has invested in 49 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 3 investments, while as of Apr 2025, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in ¸é´Ç²ú±ð²¹³Ü³Ùé and most recent follow-on round was in OKAPI:Orbits.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2023 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2022 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2021 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

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APEX Ventures' Investments by Stage
APEX Ventures has made 25 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.57M, 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.39M and 1 investment in Series B stage.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 25 |
Series A | 6 |
Series B | 1 |
APEX Ventures' Investments by Sector
APEX Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, HealthTech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 43 Tech companies, 38 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 25 Software companies and at least 13 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
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High Tech | 20 |
Enterprise Applications | 17 |
Life Sciences | 10 |
HealthTech | 9 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 8 |
Others | 35 |
APEX Ventures' Investments by Geography
APEX Ventures has made most investments in Germany (12), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 7 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
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Germany | 12 |
United Kingdom | 7 |
Austria | 6 |
United States | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Others | 4 |
APEX Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by APEX Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 24, 2025 | Germany | Seed | €13²Ñ | [+2] | |
Jan 28, 2025 | Spain | Series A | $50.2M | Asabys Partners [+9] | |
Jan 14, 2025 | France | Seed | $28M | Plural [+5] | |
Sep 11, 2024 | Austria | Series A | $22.1M | B&C Group [+1] | |
Sep 10, 2024 | United Kingdom | Seed | $6.5M | Montage Ventures [+4] |
Acquired companies in APEX Ventures' Portfolio
Here are APEX Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Team profile of APEX Ventures
APEX Ventures has a team of 21 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 5 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 3 Principals located in Austria, United Kingdom and . APEX Ventures' team sits on the board of 2 companies.Here is a list of top team members in APEX Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | Austria | - | ||
Partner | Vienna | - | ||
Partner | Austria | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | Vienna | - | ||
Venture Partner | Vienna | - | - | |
Venture Partner | London | - | ||
Principal | Vienna | - | ||
Principal | Munich | - | ||
Principal | United Kingdom | |||
Advisor | Vienna | - | , |
Co-investors of APEX Ventures
Over the past 8 years, 183 investors have co-invested in APEX Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before APEX Ventures:Ìý, EIC Fund and 26 others have invested in rounds before APEX Ventures. There are 5 companies where European Union has invested before APEX Ventures and 2 companies where EIC Fund has invested before APEX Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of APEX Ventures:Ìý80 investors entered a company along with APEX Ventures. These include investors like HTGF (4 companies).
- Invested after APEX Ventures:ÌýA total of 75 investors have invested in APEX Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include EIC Fund (3 companies), (2 companies) and B&C Group (2 companies).

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